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Biographical notes
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1-Feb-1893
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(later Sir) Charles Scarth *
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Woollen Manufacturer and Councillor (1886-1921
[deceased]). Affiliated to Liberals. Congregationalist.
Mayor 6 times. Freeman of the Borough – 1903
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1-Feb-1893
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Oliver Scatcherd *
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Solicitor and Councillor (1886-1905 [deceased]). Son of
Historian Norrisson, Grandson of Watson Scatcherd. The Scatcherds
were local Squires since C17.
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1-Feb-1893
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Joseph Schofield *
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Woollen manufacturer. The first Mayor of Morley and
councillor (1886-1894). Chairman of the Water Committee of 1889.
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1-Feb-1893
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John Dixon *
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Councillor (1886-1900) and Farmer (at Scholecroft,
Scotchman Lane). Conservative.
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1-Feb-1893
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David Thackray *
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Blacksmith and Councillor (1886-1891). County
Councillor. Lived on Victoria Rd.
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1-Feb-1893
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William Holton
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Cloth Manufacturer and Councillor (1886-1897).
Anglican. Conservative politics.
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1-Feb-1893
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Samuel Rhodes *
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Cloth Manufacturer and Councillor (1886-1917). Mayor 4
times.
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1-Feb-1893
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Edward Fletcher Scholes
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Cloth Manufacturer (Quarry Mills) and Councillor
(1886-1896 [deceased]). Anglican (St. Paul’s). Strong
associations with Chamber of Commerce.
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1-Feb-1893
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Daniel Hinchcliff
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Member of the First Morley Board (1862). Churwell man.
Liberal. Wesleyan. Overseer of the Poor.
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1-Feb-1893
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John William Hepworth
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The longest serving Morley Magistrate. Associated
with the Junction Dyeworks, Churwell.
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1-Feb-1893
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Joseph Kirkby
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Manager of Morley Coop. Asscociated with this for
28 years. Congregationalist.
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1-Feb-1893
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Thomas Sutton Smeeth
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Iron Merchant. Father was first Superintendent at Queen
St Methodists. Conservative. Lived at Croft House (Town End) in 1891 but
moved to Ilkley by 1897.
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28-Feb-1895
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Samuel Stockdale *
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Woollen manufacturer. Mayor when Morley received
its Commission of Peace. Councillor (1886-1899 [deceased]).
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25-Jan-1897
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Edwin Butler
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Headmaster of St Peter’s Church School. Retired
to Stretford, Manchester.
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25-Jan-1897
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Thomas Clough *
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Councillor (1886-1902 [deceased]) and Quarry owner.
The last Chairman of the local board.
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25-Jan-1897
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Hercules Wormald
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Mining Engineer. Local agent for Lord Dartmouth.
Conservative. Anglican (St Peter’s). Killed by lightning
near Bridlington, when retired.
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09-Dec-1901
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Tom Baines
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Cloth Manufacturer. Conservative. Anglican (St.
Andrew’s). Keen sportsman. On board of governors of Batley
Grammar School.
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09-Dec-1901
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John Walter Binks
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Joiner and Builder. Councillor. Conservative (1894-1905
[deceased]). Chairman of School Board.
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09-Dec-1901
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Ezra Holliday
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Colliery Proprietor. Conservative. Anglican (St
Andrew’s).
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09-Dec-1901
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Edward Jackson
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Cloth Manufacturer. Councillor (1891-1894).
Liberal.
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09-Dec-1901
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John Henry Smith
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Cloth Manufacturer. Councillor (1886-1894; 1900-1915
[deceased]). Unionist Party sympathies.
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03-Aug-1906
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Henry Aveyard
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Check weightman. President of Morley Co-op and
early Labour Party worker.
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03-Aug-1906
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James Theaker Horsfall
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Cloth Manufacturer. Councillor (1894-1927 [deceased]).
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03-Aug-1906
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Henry Pearson *
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Stone Mason. Councillor (1894-1906). Liberal politics.
Cricket enthusiast. Died whilst in office.
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03-Aug-1906
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Samuel Sharp
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A magistrate till his death when 94 years old.
Baptist lay preacher.
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13-Mar-1916
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Brian Bradley Barker *
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Woollen Manufacturer. Councillor (1902-1948 [deceased]).
Director of Morley Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Given Freedom of the
Borough in 1934.
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13-Mar-1916
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Philip Buckley
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Consulting Mechanical Engineer. Councillor (1904-1919).
On Waterworks committee and also Technical & Evening Schools
committee.
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13-Mar-1916
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Albert Glover
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Councillor (1894-1904;1911-1913). Cloth Manufacturer.
Director of Ackroyd & Best. Member of School Board.
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13-Mar-1916
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Benjamin Peel Hepworth *
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Cloth Manufacturer. Councillor (1891-1944 [retired]).
Wesleyan Methodist. Active in Chamber of Trade. Brother of John William
Hepworth (also a Magistrate)
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13-Mar-1916
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William Law Ingle *
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Self-employed Currier with big factory in Millshaw.
Councillor (1900-1906;1908-1921). Member of Yorkshire Archaeological
Society.
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13-Mar-1916
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John Hartley
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Cloth Manufacturer. Councillor (1886-1894). Strong
interest in Horticulture.
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13-Mar-1916
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Walter Stead
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Cloth Manufacturer.
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13-Mar-1916
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Thomas Souden
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Manager of Morley Co-op.
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14-Sep-1921
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Henry Hedley Watson *
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Cloth manufacturer and Coal Merchant. Councillor
(1904-1929 [deceased]).
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14-Sep-1921
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John Stockdale *
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Cloth manufacturer. Mayor 3 times. Councillor
(1904-1921 [retired]). Father: Samuel Stockdale (also a Magistrate).
Methodist. Retired to Torquay.
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14-Sep-1921
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George Edwin Baines
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Cloth Manufacturer. Councillor (1901-1907). Brother of
Tom Baines (also a Magistrate).
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14-Sep-1921
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George Wakelin
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Tailor & Outfitter. Councillor (1920-1949
[retired]).
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14-Sep-1921
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Emma Holliday
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Housewife, Charity/Health Care Worker. Husband:
Ezra Holliday (also a Magistrate)
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14-Sep-1921
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Louisa Wilson
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Housewife. Quaker. Education Worker.
Husband: John Wilson of Wilson & Swallow, Cloth manufacturers.
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14-Oct-1921
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Walter Walsh
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Cloth manufacturer.
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14-Oct-1921
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Thomas King Schofield
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Grocery Manager, Morley Co-op.
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24-Oct-1925
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James Askey *
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Miner and ex-Regular Army. Wounded 3 times in WW1.
Councillor (1919-1951 [deceased]). Member of Morley Trade &
Labour Council. Friendly Society worker.
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24-Oct-1925
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John Samuel Binks
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Builder and contractor. Anglican. Poor Law
Guardian. Conservative. Father: John Walter Binks (also a
Magistrate)
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10-Oct-1929
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Emily Annie Asquith
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Headmistress, Peel St. Girls’ School. Special
responsibility for the Juvenile Court.
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10-Oct-1929
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Walter Crowther Atkinson
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Accountant. President of Batley & Morley Liberal
Association. County Councillor.
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10-Oct-1929
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Edwin Barrowclough *
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Railway Worker. Long time Labour Councillor
(1912-1942 [deceased]).
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10-Oct-1929
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Dr. Walter Travers Clarke
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General Practitioner. School Medical Officer for many
years. Lived in Bank House.
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10-Oct-1929
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Ethel Ingle
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Housewife. Husband: Cllr L.A. Ingle. Father: Sir
William Middlebrook.
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10-Oct-1929
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Ernest Kirkby *
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Butcher. Anglican (St. Andrew's). Councillor
(1908-1937). Education Committee.
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10-Oct-1929
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Thomas Arthur Marshall *
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Cloth Manufacturer. Councillor (1910-1945
[deceased]).
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10-Oct-1929
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Ben Simpson
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Active In Morley Labour Movement. Councillor
(1913-1945).
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10-Oct-1929
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Joseph Kirk
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Cloth Manufacturer. Councillor (1905-1912;
1913-1931 [deceased]). Played major role in the erection of the
Morley War memorial.
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03-May-1938
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James Barker *
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Cloth Manufacturer. Councillor (1936-1964 [retired]).
Father: Brian Bradley Barker (also a Magistrate). Territorial Army man.
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03-May-1938
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Sydney Broadhead
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Morley Co-op Executive. Colliery Worker.
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03-May-1938
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Alfred Horsfall *
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Woollen Manufacturer.Councillor (1934-1949 [deceased]).
.Son of J.T. Horsfall (also a Magistrate).
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03-May-1938
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Doris May Rhodes
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Charity (NSPCC and others) Worker. Methodist.
Husband: R. Stanley Rhodes, Cloth manufacturer.
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03-May-1938
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Harold Rhodes *
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Woollen Manufacturer. Councillor (1915-1938). Father:
Josiah Rhodes of J&S Rhodes.
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03-May-1938
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Lilian Riley
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Headmistress, Social And Trade Union Worker. Father:
Alderman Matthew Riley.
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03-May-1938
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Samuel Rushforth
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Councillor (1915-1945). Proprietor of the
Brickworks.
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03-May-1938
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Harold Smith *
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Dyer in Bruntcliffe. Councillor (1915-1945). Council
Waterworks chairman. President of Morley Conservative Club.
Worker for Children's Charity.
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03-May-1938
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Dr Ella Barbara Sykes
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General Practitioner. Well known social worker. Father:
Dr W.Travers Clarke (also a Magistrate).
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03-May-1938
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Joseph Whitehead
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Vice President Of Morley Textile Society.
Councillor (1928-1945). Gildersome man. Keen cricketer.
Worker for hospital charities.
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03-May-1938
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Peter Woollin *
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Labour Councillor for W.Ardsley (1923-1951 [deceased]).
Colliery Worker. Miners' Union worker. Methodist. Charity
worker. Keen interest in W. Ardsley Brass Band.
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11-Jun-1942
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Alexander Wilson *
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Woollen Manufacturer. Councillor (1921-1945).
Chairman of Local National Emergency Committee in 1939.
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01-Oct-1948
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John Dews *
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Labour Councillor (1933-1961 [deceased]). Railway Clerk.
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01-Oct-1948
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Ernest Bates
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Director at Ambler's Mill, Charity Worker.
Vice-President of Gildersome Nursing Association.
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01-Oct-1948
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Henry Bower
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Drighlington man. Manager at W&T Avery, Scales
Manufacturer. Special constable in WW2.
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01-Oct-1948
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Dr Edward Francis Kenny
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General Practitioner. Ran St Mary's First Aid Post
in WW2. Catholic. Interest in ambulance work.
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01-Oct-1948
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Humphrey Akeroyd Bradley *
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Woollen Manufacturer. Councillor (1934-1956). Organised
the AFS in WW2.
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01-Oct-1948
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(later Sir) Harry Hardy
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County Councillor. Textile And Wool Waste Manufacturer.
Active in the Church (St Peter's) and Amateur dramatics.
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01-Oct-1948
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Clara Elizabeth Hepworth *
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Morley's first female mayor. Councillor (1949-1970).
Keen leader of local Girl Guides. Social Worker. Father: B.P. Hepworth
(also a Magistrate).
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01-Oct-1948
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Joseph Kemp
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Councillor (1942-1960). Poultry Farmer in Drighlington.
MBE for services to the Ministry of Food Advisory Committee.
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01-Oct-1948
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Rufus Scargill
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Councillor (1945-1949). Railway worker. Member of Morley
branch of NUR. Served in WW1 for 3 years and as an ARP worker in
WW2.
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01-Oct-1948
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James Walsh
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Textile Worker before becoming a Grocer. Councillor
(1933-1952). President of Morley Trades Council Club.
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01-Oct-1948
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Williamina Robertson Watson
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Secretary of Morley NSPCC. Husband: Cllr Mayo
Watson, a coal carrier and woollen manufacturer.
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06-Nov-1950
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Charles Stinton
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Councillor (1945-1957). Railwayman. Lifelong Trade
Unionist. Member of Divisional Education Executive.
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06-Nov-1950
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Ethel Whitehead
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Strong association with Liberal Party and Gildersome.
Baptist. Husband: Joseph Whitehead (also a Magistrate).
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28-Apr-1951
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Gweneth Mary Barker
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Social Worker. Served in WAAF In WW2. From
Mill-owning Family. Mayoress In 1972-73.
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23-Apr-1951
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Albert Glover
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Managing Director at Glen Mills and the Beacon Works.
Congregationalist. Vice-President of Morley Cricket Club.
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23-Apr-1951
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Madeline Garnett Phillips
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Headmistress of Gildersome Girls’ School. Interested
in Road Safety. On the Local Savings Committee.
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23-Apr-1951
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Rose Emma Woollin
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Labour Party Worker. Co-op Director. Governor at
Morley Grammar School. Died at the age of 90 in 1999.
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10-Aug-1960
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Percy Ingleby
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Councillor (1953-1965). Education Administrator.
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10-Aug-1960
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Rachel Margaret Marshall
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Housewife, Education Worker. Husband: T.E.
Marshall, cloth manufacturer and Councillor.
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10-Aug-1960
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Harry Sturgeon
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Self-employed Builder.
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10-Aug-1960
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Lily Woollin
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Labour Councillor (1956-1967) in W.Ardsley.
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20-Mar-1962
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Jack Fawcett
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Warehouse foreman at Churwell leatherworks. Lay
preacher on Wesleyan Methodist circuit in Gildersome. Councillor
(1969-1972)
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20-Mar-1962
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Isabella Margaret Lawson Wilken
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Formerly a nurse in Edinburgh and Manchester. Social
work (Meals on Wheels). Husband: Dr. Wilken of Ardsley.
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20-Mar-1962
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Arthur Wood
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Textile worker in finishing department. Conservative
councillor (1960-1963). Youth group work.
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20-Mar-1962
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Harry Brewster *
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Engineering works manager. Independent councillor
with interests in Housing, Sewage. Keen sportsman. Charity
worker. Councillor (1954-1968 [deceased]).
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9-Oct-1967
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John Dews
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Insurance agent. Trustee at E. Ardsley Methodists.
Keen cricketer. Father: Ald. J. Dews (also a Magistrate)
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9-Oct-1967
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Leonard Peel
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Deputy Headmaster at Bruntcliffe Secondary School.
Strong connections at Greenside Methodists.
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9-Oct-1967
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Alan Schofield
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Publishing Production manager. Steward at Central
Methodist Church. Member of Youth Council.
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13-May-1968
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Robert Bewick
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Joiner and carpenter. Former councillor.
East Ardsley.
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13-May-1968
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Shirley Mary Binks
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Housewife. Living in Gildersome. Husband: Councillor J.S.
Binks, the last Mayor of Morley before the union with Leeds.
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13-May-1968
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Connie Clifford
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Housewife. Husband: Asst. Production Manager at
Yorkshire Egg Packers, Drighlington.
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13-May-1968
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Joseph William Firth
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Director of a Roofing contracting firm in Morley.
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13-May-1968
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Elizabeth Dawson Mackintosh
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Housewife, living in Morley. Husband: Albert
Mackintosh, joint director of Kenyon’s Corn Merchants.
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13-May-1968
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Ian David Slack
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Technical director of Plasticisers, director of Slack
Bros, in Drighlington.
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Oct-1970
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Dennis Leslie Griffiths Fisher
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Chief officer at Morley & Batley Co-op. Morley
Civic Society links.
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Oct-1970
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Anthony Hugh Smith
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Director of family mungo-shoddy business. Trustee
at Central Methodist Church. Keen cricketer. President of Morley
Music Society.
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Sep-1971
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Michael Terence Elliott
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Schoolmaster and Conservative councillor (1969-1974).
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Sep-1971
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Barbara Green
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Independent councillor (1968-71)
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Sep-1971
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John Graham Inman
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Independent councillor (1968-71).
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Sep-1971
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Alan Walton
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Mechanical engineer. Trade union worker.
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1973
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Sheila Dixon
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District nurse. Councillor (1971-74).
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1973
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Mary Phillips
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Private secretary. Anglican. Fund raiser for
Gildersome Parish Church.
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1973
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Alan Geoffrey Stockwell
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Rag and Mungo businessman.
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The following were made Magistrates in the period
1977-1999 when Morley was no longer independent of Leeds. The
court sessions were still held in Morley, however.
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1977
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Jeffrey Woollin
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1988
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Michael Lewis Holliday
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1980
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Hilda Vivian Peyton-Lister
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1988
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Philip Anthony Naylor
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1981
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James McKenna
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1990
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Janet Scholes
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1981
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Margaret Cooper Wilcock
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1991
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Wendy Barbara Teace
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1982
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Judith Raby
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1991
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Marjorie Jane Gracie
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1983
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Anthony Brooke
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1991
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Frank Senior Hepworth
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1983
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Phyllis Andrea Caffoor
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1992
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Carolyn Ainsworth
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1983
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Helen Dean
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1992
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Robert William Gettings
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1984
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Peter Lyndon Milner
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1994
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Brian Thomas Scarth
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1985
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Andrew George Walker
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1994
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Geoffrey Teale
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1985
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Sandra Margaret Westwood
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1996
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Angela Mary Bradshaw
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1986
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Celine Eleanor North
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1996
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Eric Drake
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1986
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Sandra Witchell
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1997
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Elaine Angela Hollingworth
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1988
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Kathryn Mary Darby
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